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Music Industry Tracking MP3 Trading

The music industry has employed a tracking system to determine which Internet users are trading MP3s online. It is reported that the technology can track users who transmit files via IRC in addition to Napster.

Music industry tracking individual MP3 file sharers, The Register, March 22, 2001.
Who is Spying on Your Downloads?, Salon, March 27, 2001.